Joe Allen will miss Stoke's trip to Manchester City due to the concussion he suffered while on international duty with Wales.

The 27-year-old midfielder took a blow to the head having been caught between David Meyler and James McClean during the Republic of Ireland's victory in Cardiff on Monday that dashed Wales' World Cup hopes.

Hughes revealed Allen had little recollection of the incident and would be missing at the Etihad Stadium because he was not far enough along in the concussion protocol process.

"Joe's not great; we've given him a couple of days just to stay at home," Hughes said.

"He came in yesterday (Thursday), felt a lot better, but I think the reality is he's unlikely to be available unfortunately.

"Clearly concussion's a thing you can't take any risk with, we've got to follow the protocol. Hopefully he'll start to show some improvement and be ready to come back and train at some point next week. He's not going to be available this week.

"He was allowed home but he had a bang to the head. He found it difficult to remember the incident itself - that tells you where he's at in terms of the severity of it.

"We've got to be very careful. We're being guided by the medical people here. At the moment he's not in position to return to training."

Allen's withdrawal 37 minutes into the World Cup qualifier proved crucial as a Wales side already missing Gareth Bale failed to get the victory they needed to secure a play-off spot.

Welsh boss Chris Coleman had hinted that the Republic may have specifically targeted Allen for some rough treatment, yet Hughes is unaware of such antics while he has played for Stoke.